Are you taking a break from the job search and surrendering to the lazy days of summer? Is this a mistake? Could you be missing opportunities if you take the summer off? We asked the career experts to find out.

Approximately 6 million people have lost their jobs since the recession started in December 2007 through May 2009. If you’re among them, you’re facing some daunting financial questions. One may be: What should I do with my 401k? 

If you were an employer looking at a resume, which of the following entries would impress you more?

• Wrote news releases.
• Wrote 25 news releases in a three-week period under daily deadlines.

Managing people isn't easy. It's especially tough if you've never done it before. And it's harder still if you're a first-time IT manager.

The economy is sputtering, and companies say they will make nothing but perfect-10 hires. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers are retiring by the millions - and everyone wants to be a millionaire, not a wage earner. Where does all this leave employers and workers in their never-ending struggle to tip the balance in the American labor market?

You’ve been laid off. Your wife is going back to work. Your at-home children are preparing to press your buttons as they’ve never been pressed before. At a time like this, how can you even think about furthering your career? 

Nowadays, if you were to ask 100 people their opinion about what to wear to an interview, the majority would answer, "Dress on the conservative side." With that in mind, here are some suggestions on how to avoid fashion blunders.

Entrepreneurs looking for a slice of the stimulus pie may want to target one of three areas: industries boosted by stimulus spending, large companies benefiting from stimulus spending or the federal government itself, suggests Victor Cheng, author of The Recession-Proof Business: Lessons from the Greatest Recession Success Stories of All Time.